1. Vitali should never be rated over Wlad. Are you serious? Wlad is by far the most dominant heavyweight of the past 5 years. 2. Peter over Chambers, despite LOSING to him? 3. The only reason you put Gomez in there is to nuthug a vitali victim to make him look better. Gomez is an old overweight former cruiserweight, who has hardly been impressive since moving up to heavyweight.
1. Wlad 2. Vit 3. Haye 4. Chagaev - wins over Valuev, Ruiz and good recent show after inactivity against Meehan give his resume good depth 5. Adamek - I rate his domination over Arreola very highly. Estrada is a good scalp though. All in his first 3 fights as a HW. 6. Povetkin - very good wins over Estrada and Chambers (plus many veterans on the record) 7. Solis - based mostly on talent 8. Chambers - skills, win over Dimitrenko was impresive 9. Thompson - solid and tricky fighter 10. Arreola - one of the most dangerous punchers at HW. Outside Klitschko's he can be a nightmare for every heavy 11. Peter - on his way back, fighting smarter and in better shape 12. Boytsov - talent
C. W. Klitschko 1. V. Kltischko 2. Povetkin 3. Haye 4. Adamek 5. Chambers 6. Chagaev 7. Thompson 8. Valuev 9. Arreola 0. Solis HM: Peter, Boytsov Prospects to look out for: Helenius, Pulev, Wilder
Can you give me more information on him? I'd like to know who trains him. If I remember correctly it was Tommy Brooks(my favorite trainer).
Hm, I heard he is with Mark Breland now. I´m from Germany, so I don´t get many information about him. It´s basically boxrec and youtube. But he looks promising and he seems to be a nice kid with a heart-warming back-story which should secure him some popularity. Boxing needs a good American hw, I think Wilder can be the one. And I like his nickname "The Bronze Bomber". :good
1. Vitali 2. Wlad 3. Haye 4. Povetkin 5. Chagaev 6. Adamek 7. Juan Carlos Gomez 8. Eddie Chambers 9. Chris Arreola 10. Sam Peter
How is vitali over Wlad? How is Gomez over Chambers? What has gomez ever done moving up to heavyweight besides get knocked out in one round by a tomato can, and win a dec over vlad virchis?
I think the only thing that is clear cut, is Wlad, Vitali and Haye being the top 3, and part of Haye's rating is largely influenced by his dominance at cruiser weight.. Asside from that, I really don't think that the remaining 7 slots are a lock for anyone..
Povetkin and Chambers I think are locks. Chambers because he cleaned out part of the division by beating Brock, Peter, Dimitrenko. Povtekin because he beat Bryd and Chambers and remains undefeated. Watching Povetkin on film, he to me is the 2nd best technician in the division next to wlad. He also is a solid combination puncher. Skillwise, he is a level above the other contenders in the division.
I guess we can place Povetkin at #4 for some of the very reasons that you listed....That's fair... I'm not sure where to put Eddie these days....5 maybe? A lot of people are buzzing about Adamek, so I suppose anything from that point is debatable..
1. Wlad 2. Vitali 3. Povetkin 4. Haye 5. Adamek 6. Chagaev 7. Chambers 8. Arreola 9. Peter 10. Thompson A decent win away: Boytsov, Solis.
When Gomez was getting knocked out by Diaz, Wladimir was getting knocked out by Brewster. That was a long time ago.
Wladimir has beaten nearly 10 Ring Magazine top 10 contenders since then. What Ring Magazine top 10 contender has gomez beat besides Virchis?
1. Wlad 2. Vitali 3. Povetkin 4. Chagaev 5. Haye 6. Chambers 7. Adamek 8. Peter in shape 9. Thompson 10. The fat **** if sultan ibragimov would fight right now then he would be my number 3